Gary Hughes: MAFHOF Class of 2009

Hughes, who spent less than a decade at Marin Catholic after graduation from San Jose State, nevertheless made an impression at the school. At Marin Catholic, he coached the Wildcats to three MCAL baseball titles - the first in school history - during his tenure from 1964-72, also producing two Redwood Empire Tournament of Champions titles in that time. When Marin Catholic created its Hall of Fame, he was a member of the first class to be inducted in 2007.

Hughes said after leaving Marin Catholic that he didn't know what he would do next. His first business venture - a sporting goods store that he told the IJ "was to the athletic industry what the Titanic was to shipping" - didn't work out.

He then turned his attention to professional scouting, which he had begun on a part-time basis while at Marin Catholic. Part-time jobs with the Giants, New York Mets and Seattle Mariners led to a scouting job with the New York Yankees. From there, it was on to posts as director of scouting for the Montreal Expos and then the Florida Marlins, short stints with the Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds and then his current post as the Chicago Cubs' special assistant to the general manager, a job he has held since 2002. He was inducted into the Professional Baseball Scouts Hall of Fame in August.

After the birth of his fourth child, Sam, in 1970, gave him two boys and two girls in the home, he told the IJ, "That gives us two pair. But I don't think we'll go for the full house." He was proved to be wrong on that one. Perhaps appropriately, he has nine children - one for each position on the baseball diamond.